tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634886419866749682.post6234626466404824184..comments2023-06-19T12:26:50.652-04:00Comments on Out 1 Film Journal: Out 1 Feedback PollJames Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09650436008918093617noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634886419866749682.post-44453814366332840132008-04-03T15:08:00.000-04:002008-04-03T15:08:00.000-04:00I personally like the grading system and it works ...I personally like the grading system and it works well both as a rubric for your opinions and a comparative measure.<BR/><BR/>For what its worth, while the reviews themselves are always extremely insightful in ways that other film review sites are definitely not, I honestly find them a bit long. This is problematic to me for two reasons...<BR/><BR/>1. about 70% of the reviews I read here give away more of the plot than I would like. Of course, I am a person who never reads the back of a book before reading it in fear of learning too much of the plot. If your goal as reviewers is to analyze the film assuming we've already seen it, then this is just fine, but your site should make that very clear to all readers up front. If it is to encourage me to see a movie, I feel like I get a little more plot than I would like in advance. <BR/><BR/>2. The length of reviews discourage me from reading them in depth given a personal lack of time. It's not that I don't want to read them, but I end up skimming them because honest reads would require more time per article on my part than a non-filmmaker can honestly spare to read film reviews. Obviously, this is a personal and completely subjective position on this. I may be the only one. I would read with more depth and would therefore get more out of more concise reviews. But I'm a political scientist.<BR/><BR/>So for what it's worth...love the grades. Also love the reviews, but I find the length of most daunting. Hope this helps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634886419866749682.post-11724905123758766172008-03-24T11:22:00.000-04:002008-03-24T11:22:00.000-04:00Also, regardless of how valuable the grades or any...Also, regardless of how valuable the grades or any rating system is, I think they really force me to identify what I thought was good or bad about a film. <BR/><BR/>For example, if I see something and afterwards I'm like, "That was pretty good. B+" then I have to point out why it didn't get an A for me, why I don't feel amazed by it, etc. <BR/><BR/>As a reviewer, it's sort of an organizing tool. I certainly think the actual reviews are more important and in an ideal world, everyone would read those and I wouldn't need organizing tools. However, since this isn't an ideal world, I think a grading system is useful.<BR/><BR/>Anyone who really wants to read a review or participate in our discussions about films isn't going to be stopped by a grade.Brandon Colvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02373364966092756041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634886419866749682.post-26226773400934130852008-03-24T10:20:00.000-04:002008-03-24T10:20:00.000-04:00I read the write-ups eventually but it's nice to v...I read the write-ups eventually but it's nice to visit the page before I go to class just to see very quickly how one feels or felt about a film. <BR/><BR/>I'm always a fan of attempting to fit the subjective into definable and measurable terms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com